Atriplex subsect. Truncatae

(Standley) S. L. Welsh

Rhodo ra 102: 421. 2001.

Basionym: Truncatae Standley in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 49. 1916
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 354.

Leaves usually alternate, petiolate or distalmost sessile; blade typically broadest near base, entire or nearly so. Staminate flowers in axillary glomerules. Fruiting bracteoles monomorphic, sessile or short stipitate, broadly cuneate, united to summit, dentate at truncate apex, faces typically smooth. Seeds: radicle superior.

Distribution

w North America

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

"broadest" is not a number."/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

Stanley L. Welsh +
(Standley) S. L. Welsh +
slippery +
aromatic +
Truncatae +
nearly +  and entire +
lobed +  and serrate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +
cuneate +  and ovate or obovate +
not crested +
3-5-parted +
w North America +
rarely +  and lacking +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and connate +
enlarged +
bladderlike +
terminal +  and axillary +
deciduous +  and persistent +
not winged +  and winged +
entire +  and serrate +
lobed +  and serrate-dentate +
inferior +, half-inferior +  and superior +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
1 +  and single +
persistent +  and deciduous +
(1-)3-5-lobed +
papery +  and chartaceous +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
verrucate +  and striate +
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
flattened +
cylindric +
3 +  and 5 +
opposite +  and alternate +
succulent +
sessile +  and petiolate +
reduced;small +
horizontal +  and vertical +
stipitate +, sessile +  and monomorphic +
verrucate +
Atriplex sect. Obione +
Atriplex subsect. Truncatae +
Atriplex sect. Obione +
subsection +
dicotyledonous +